GEYERSBACH gives discarded wood a second life as a unique piece of furniture. The old floorboard becomes a stool, the chamber door a bench, the skirting board a shelf. But only woods with a strong character have what it takes to become unique table pieces.
Which problem does the practice try to solve?
Making something useful out of waste, that was the first impulse of our actions. They don't throw anything away, we transform used raw materials into functional living design. Since wood is the furniture designer's most readily available raw material, they stuck with wood. Only instead of fresh industrial products, they took scrap wood. Objects made of old wood, that was quickly the vision. In their search for suitable old wood, we quickly came across floorboards, because no material has proven its tenacity better over the years.
What are the solution to address the problem?
No wood is drier. And as challenging as it is to transform old wood into new table or bench objects, they remain true to our initial idea: to develop functional, robust products that give pleasure every day. The previous life of our woods gives our unique pieces their unique character. Each of our tables, stools, benches and chairs is absolutely unique in this world. Each floorboard has its own history, has been used differently and therefore has an unmistakable appearance. Used floorboards are unique.
Their woods - mainly good hundred-year-old pine - are practically impossible to buy. No scrap wood dealer carries them in his assortment. No sawmill delivers them free to your door. But our floorboard spotters find their material. At present, mostly in Gründerzeit houses in Berlin and Brandenburg. Then we lay them on the rotten bark until they inspire one of our designs. And that can take time. After all, a pine tree doesn't grow overnight. So that our customers can celebrate and write, drink and eat, play and surf on GEYERSBACH unique pieces. Or simply do nothing for once.
What are the beneifts for the user/community?
They collect valuable woods waste at constructions sides and redesign it and rebuild them into new products.
How are CE principles addressed?
Geyersbach returns valuable and old wood to the economy by transforming it into new, valuable and durable furniture and objects. The workshop and exhibition room is also a unique wooden building from the GDR era which was saved and restored.